Emperor Fire

Seeing them looking at the painting, Barnett said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty left so suddenly."

Ciro sighed: "Yes, this is the loss of the empire."

Barnett was well aware of the many struggles between Ciro and Castaron II during their lifetimes.So when he heard Xi Luo say such a sentence with a bit of regret and grief, he couldn't help being surprised.

Ciro raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows lightly, "In a few days, the funeral of the emperor and the empress will be held."

Barnett's heart relaxed slightly.Ciro's performance reminded him that no matter how noble the young man in front of him is and how glorious the future is, he is still just a child who just lost his parents.

"Your Highness." He suddenly felt that all the rejections and suspicions he had made before were really a big deal, and it was too incompatible with a knight's behavior.

Ciro put down his hand and smiled at him, "Principal Barnett."

"Yes." Barnett subconsciously sat upright.

Ciro reached out and patted his knee lightly: "Take care of yourself."

Barnett was taken aback.

Ciro whispered: "I don't want to lose any familiar people anymore."

Barnett's heart tightened suddenly, and he blurted out, "What about Prince Hall?" As soon as he said it, he thought it was not good.Ciro's hand on his knee froze slightly, then raised his head and said, "Do you know where he is?"

Barnett's heart was pounding.The reason why he didn't dare to leave the imperial capital these days was not entirely to fight against Xi Luo.After the mysterious deaths of King Kasdaron II and Queen Samantha, and the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. Rachel, the only thing he can do is to protect the most cherished son of King Kasdaron II.

Ciro slowed down and said, "I really want to see him."

Barnett dared not be careless.

"He is already my dearest person in this world." Ciro withdrew his hand, and his eyes slowly moved to the portrait of Castaron II, "But after that disaster, I still can't find him." his whereabouts"

Soso, who had been sitting silently beside him, gently grabbed his palm and gave him silent support.

Barnett's Adam's apple moved up and down, and there was obvious struggling emotion in his eyes, "Your Highness, can you allow me to ask you a question?"

Ciro looked at him gently and said, "Of course."

Barnett said: "How did His Majesty the Emperor die? Please answer me honestly."

Ciro thought for a while and said, "Actually, I don't know either."

Barnett watched him, his eyes refusing to let go of every subtle expression on his face.

"Although there is evidence pointing to the Society of Light," Xi Luo said implicitly, "but it is not prominent. You should know that the power of faith in this world is not limited to believers in the Society of Light."

Barnett felt relieved.If Xi Luo blindly pushes the crime to the Society of Light, his suspicion will be aggravated. "Do you know where Mrs. Rachel is?"

This time, Ciro was silent for a longer time, so long that Barnett couldn't help urging, "Your Highness."

"I think you should know that the fire in the imperial capital was not as simple as being set on fire, right?" Siro said.This is the empire's official explanation for the disaster that befell the imperial capital - pale and weak.It's not that he's unwilling to give a better explanation, it's just that he can't find it.

He can't announce the truth. Publicly announcing the existence of gods is to increase the panic of the people, and to publicize his anti-god stance. This is unacceptable to many people who believe in gods in Dreamland.Originally, Hussein and Keane supported using a mysterious fire magician as an explanation, but both Olivia and Vincent objected.Olivia thought it insulted the fire magician, while Vincent thought it would complicate a simple problem.Because once the existence of the mysterious fire magician is recognized, the empire must spend energy to investigate the source of the magician, whether they are being manipulated behind them, and so on.The end result is that the empire will have to invent this lie endlessly with more lies.So the problem ended up being an arson case.There is no clear professional identity of the arsonist, no obvious evidence, and only an ambiguous ending—the arsonist is dead.Even though it will cause doubts to many people, for the imperial government, this matter ends here.

So when Ciro took the initiative to mention this matter, Barnett's sitting posture immediately changed from straight to upper body slightly leaning forward.

"The other party is Vulcan." He said slowly.

Barnett didn't seem to hear clearly, and asked, "What?"

"Vulcan." Shiro repeated slowly.

Barnett opened his mouth slightly, abandoning his usual steady image.

Ciro said: "Mrs. Rachel was the first to discover him, so..." He didn't go on, but the result was obvious.

Barnett regained his composure, "Is Your Highness going to keep it a secret?"

Shiro asked back: "What do you think I should do?"

Barnett was questioned.

Ciro said: "I really want to arrange her funeral, but I think Hall is more qualified. It's a pity that I haven't found him yet, and I'm worried if he..."

Seeing him bow his head in pain, Barnett couldn't help but said, "I know the whereabouts of His Royal Highness Prince Hall."

Ciro sneered in his heart, but raised his head in surprise on his face and said, "Really?"

Barnett was silent for a while and said, "His Royal Highness Prince Hall is upstairs."

Ciro stood up immediately, and Barnett also raised his head nervously, but soon, Ciro sat down slowly again.He sighed, "I think the last person Hall wants to see now must be me."

"Your Highness." Barnett hesitated to speak.

His expression completely betrayed Hall's current state of mind.Ciro said calmly: "The head of the school."

"Yes." The same word and the same respectful expression, but it feels very different from when he first entered the door.

Ciro was secretly satisfied, looked at him and smiled and said, "I want to hand Hall over to you."

"Your Highness?" Barnett was taken aback.

Xi Luo said: "This time the Royal Knights Academy has also suffered a lot of damage, but don't worry, I will stop some projects in the west of the city first and rebuild the academy first. Only then Hall can go back to school, and it can be regarded as sustenance." .”

Soso opened his eyes wide.He finally remembered why the person in front of him looked so familiar. It turned out that he was the headmaster of the opponent in the Royal Academy of Magic competition last time.Thinking of how the once high-spirited academy ended up like this, he couldn't help looking at him with a lot of sympathy.

Barnett was shocked.Before, he was upset because Ciro didn't rebuild the Royal Knights Academy first, but now thinking about it, he was too stingy.He stood up abruptly, knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured that I will take good care of Prince Hall and nurture him to become a talent!"

Is it a talent?

There was a trace of coldness at the corner of Shiro's mouth.He really hadn't thought of harming Hall.For him now, Hall's existence is like an ant that does not pose any threat to him.But it was also impossible for him to have any kind of brotherly affection for him after all these years of fighting.But he doesn't mind letting him live in the sun openly, because Hall's existence can make him firmly remember the absurd things that Castaron II did, and he can also remember what kind of situation he was in Acquired throne.

"Thank you, Barnett." He smiled and stretched out his hands, helping him up himself.

The carriage left Barnett's mansion slowly. Ciro stuck his head out from the window and stared fixedly at Barnett who was seeing him off. He retracted his body until he was completely invisible, and the smile on his face slowly settled. down.

Back in the palace, Suo Suo had already taken a nap.

Seeing his tired expression distressedly, Ciro directly carried him off the carriage and carried him all the way back to the bedroom.

Soso put his arms around his neck, leaned his head on his shoulders, and used the fire element to support his body to reduce his weight.

Walking to the bedroom, Shiro couldn't help laughing.

Soso looked at him with wide eyes.

"What's wrong?" Shiro lowered his head.

Sosuo rubbed his head against his neck and said, "You look good when you smile like this."

"So? Why doesn't it look good when you smile?" Ciro asked.

Suo Suo said, "When I saw Barnett."

"Really?" Shiro put him on the bed, leaned over and kissed his lips.

Soso hooked his neck to cooperate.

During this time, they were too busy to have time to calm down and enjoy the warm time that belonged to them alone.

It took a long time for Shiro to let go of his lips.

Suo Suo's eyes were a little confused, and he stared blankly at Shi Luo's deeper and deeper eyes, "Xi Luo."

Soft as an invitation.

Shiro couldn't help but lowered his head again.

The door was suddenly knocked twice.

Shi Luo sighed secretly, pecked Soso's lips lightly, stood up and said, "What's the matter?"

Keane pushed the door open a crack and said, "Viscount Jacques Trozzo, please see me."

Uncle?

Shiro frowned.

Ever since Olivia learned about his mother and his first love, it was hard for him not to be prejudiced against those in power in the Trozzo family at that time.But on the other hand, without them, maybe there would be no self, let alone Shiro I who is about to inherit the throne.

"Ask him to go to the conference room." Shi Luo said in a deep voice.